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MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTORATE: GUIDELINE FOR THE COMPILATION OF A MANDATORY CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PREVENTION OF FIRES AT MINES

Posted 17 October 2016

The Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate has published a guideline on the Mandatory Code of Practice for the Prevention of Fires at Mines.

The guideline provides guidance of a general nature on the required format and content for the code of practice and details sufficient technical background to enable the drafting committee at a mine to prepare a comprehensive and practical code of practice for their mine.